It's that time of year again asking for you assistance in getting Donations for the American Heart Association. Money being raised will directly go back to AHA in response to the need for more research dealing with heart issues or to help those unfortunate families that can not afford heart surgeries.
Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart Donation forms have been sent out with the K-5th Elementary students and Forms will be Due February 16, 2010.

Parents please read your child's forms ensuring there safety while asking donations in the neighborhood. For more information contact Coach Gomez.

Congratulations to Boys and Girls Basketball Team on picking up more wins this past week!!!

***Boys High School Team Won over our sister school SST last week Thursday.

***Our Girls Middle School Basketball Team continued there winning strike against another sister school SST Alamo this past Friday!!

***Thank You and Awesome Job to our Girl's High School Basketball Team for there efforts as they completed and won all of there few scrimmage games.

***Harmony Science Academy would like to send it's sincere appreciation to Mr. Gilbert Sifuentes(boys MS coach and owner of GS Signs) for all his artwork on the basketball player's jerseys and has donated an awesome spirit banner located in our school gym. Thank YOU Mr. Sifuentes!!

OUR BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM HAS GAINED IT'S RIGHT TO BE NAMED THE ALAMO CHARTER SCHOOL ATHLETIC LEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS FOR THE REGULAR SEASON AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDEFEATED GOING INTO PLAYOFFS!! AWESOME JOB BOYS, THE SCHOOL IS PROUD OF YOUR EFFORTS!! KEEP UP THAT TIGER SPIRIT!! ARRRR!!

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting Representative Jose Menendez from District 124 for a special presentation for our students and parents. He will be speaking to our students about the Value of Education.

This event will be held on February 18, 2010 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm in our school gym.

Our school administration is working hard to create a partnership with the San Antonio community. This is one of several events we are planning to introduce our school to the community and create partnerships that will help our students in the future with internships, volunteer opportunities, mentorships, and eventually jobs.

One of the missions of our school is to make our students aware of the opportunities that await them after they complete their college education. It is through these types of events we hope to inspire and awaken the learner inside our students.

The first grade students and teachers would like to thank Ms. Jennifer Broome from News 4 WOAI for coming to Harmony Science Academy and talking with the first grade students. We learned lots of information about types of weather, weather safety, and meteorology. (The students especially liked the tornado in a bottle.) We look forward to future visits.

Thanks again Ms. Broome!

2010-2011 school applications have been available online since January 1, 2010. If you are not one of our students, you can fill out the form online for the 2010-2011 education year. In order to do that, you need to click on the "Apply Online" button above and fill out the form. You are more than welcome to explore the difference with the Harmony. We will be accepting K-9 grade students this year.

Dear Parent(s);

Thank you for your support in Harmony Science Academy-San Antonio. Due to limited space for the upcoming year, we ask each parent/guardian to fill out the attachment form completely and return it to the front office. This form is designed for currently enrolled students. The closing date for this application is February 26, 2010. Applications received unsigned, incomplete, or after the closing date may not be considered for next year. Please do not send the form with the child.
Re-Enrolment Form

Harmony Science Academy is organizing an international "Trip to Turkey" for our parents, students and staff this spring and summer. The trip will be a cultural, social, and entertaining experience for the HSA family. Join us in this rewarding adventure!

Tentative Trip Dates: March 12 -21, 2010
Application Deadline: February 10, 2010(Application Form)
Scholorships are available.

All the parents are cordially invited to the Turkish trip presentation on Jan.29th. We will be serving Turkish food and drinks for you to enjoy. Please meet us in the middle school cafeteria at 6 pm on Friday. We look forward to seeing you all there..

Please, click here to see the flyer about Turkey trip

We are pleased to announce the Spanish Spelling Bee Winners for 2009-2010;

Elementary
1st Place Mario Rivera
1st Runner up Savannah Cordes
2nd Runner up Marisol Suarez

Middle School- Non-Native Speaking Category

1st Place Okan Dereyayla
1st Runner up Ihsan Yuksel
2nd Runner up Kristen Luna

Middle School- Native Speaking Category

1st Place Valeria Cazares
1st Runner up Yamilett Pina
2nd Runner up Sandra Rivera

High School Non-Native Speaking Category

1st Place Theresa Perreault


High School Native Speaking Category

1st Place Grace Romero
1st Runner up Samantha Romero
2nd Runner up Joel Lopez

Thank you to the students for working hard and studying for this event. We would also like to recognize the parents and the teachers for supporting these students as they expand their knowledge of the Spanish Language.

We would like to inform you that we have spots open for Turkish class . Right now , we have following spots ; the following parents are attending on these days .

Tuesday : 12 parents , 3 spots are still available
Thursday: 5 parents, 10 spots are still available
Saturday: 10 parents ,3 spots are still available

It is not late to attend, all parents welcome
We are looking forward to see you in Turkish class

Flyer for Turkish Language and Cultural Classes for parents.

Harmony would like to give a special THANK YOU to one of our community members Roxanne Fernandez with Keller Williams Realty for making a $100.00 donation to our Science Olympiad team. It is people like Roxanne who help make Harmony a Great School! Thank you again for your generosity. -from the students and staff of Harmony Science Academy

Congratulations to the Boys and Girls Middle School Basketball Team For Winning last week's game against School of Science and Technology. (Boys:32-23, Girls:19-1)

This week we are going against New Frontiers Charter school and are inviting all to come out and support our student athletes!! Game time: Friday, 5:00 pm girls game, 6:00 pm boys game. Games will be at Harmony Science Academy.

Also we are having our high school boys and girls game at Harmony Science Academy this Tuesday, January 26 th against KIPP Aspire Charter School. Girls game starts at 4:30 pm, and, boys game starts at 5:15 pm.

***Go Tigers!!!***

Harmony Science Academy will be having a competition to represent Texas History, Geography, and Culture. All students in grades 4-11 will be required to participate in this competition.

The Stands will be due on February 16, 2010 during Social Studies class. Stands will be judged in areas of: originality, richness, planning and design, and accuracy. On the
evening of February 18, 2010, everyone is invited to come to school between 5:30-7:30 to view the Texas Stands and enjoy Texas inspired food.

We look forward to seeing all of the Texas Stands. Please contact your social studies teacher if you have any questions.

This will count as a project for social studies. Read more…

THANK YOU TO THE SPURS VIP SPORTS PROGRAM FOR AWARDING THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT HUNDREDS OF SPURS TICKETS.

TICKETS WILL BE USED AS AWARDS AND INCENTIVES FOR THOSE OUTSTANDING STUDNETS IN THE VARIOUS GRADES. TICKETS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT THIS WEEK. GO SPURS GO!!!!!

The Texas Education Agency has developed TAKS Study Guides to help students strengthen the TEKS-based skills that are taught in class and tested on TAKS. The Guides are designed for students to use on their own or for students and families to work through together. Concepts are presented in a variety of ways that will help students review the information and skills they need to be successful on the TAKS.

For the interactive TAKS Study Guides

If you would like to download a TAKS Study Guide to your computer,please click the link and read more . . .

We held our annual spelling bee this week for our students grade K-8
Congratulations to all the students who participated. We are proud to announce the winners of this event.

First Place Winners for Kindergarten through Second Grade

Kindergarten-Emily Moreno
First Grade- Mikayla O’Donnell
Second Grade- Manas Gangala

Winners for the 3rd-8th Grade:

First Place -Meaghan Setterbo
1st Runner Up- DeAna Adams
2nd Runner Up- Emerald Ledesma

Meaghan will be representing our school in the Alamo Regional Spelling Bee on March 6th at the Laurie Auditorium.

Please review our district's highly qualified teacher report which is required to be published on our school websiteread more...

Harmony Science Academy - San Antonio would again like to thank all of our National Geographic Bee participants. Everyone did a great job. Our school winners are:

First Place - Savannah Gallardo 6th Grade

Second Place - Emiliano Del Rio - 6th Grade

Third Place - David Mata - 6th Grade

Congratulations!

BUY YOUR SCHOOL SPIRIT SHIRTS!!!

Spirit shirt sales will begin next week Wednesday and orders will end Thursday Jan. 22th.


Forms will be in Wednesday mail or you can download from here. If you have any questions please, contact with

Coach Gomez.

Sponsored By the : Athletic Department

Harmony Science Academy – San Antonio, is listed in the very best public schools in Texas, based on a recent study using a new set of rankings that considers from test scores to class sizes.

CHILDREN AT RISK researched and ranked 57 public high schools, 104 middle schools and 271 elementary schools in the six counties of Greater San Antonio.

Harmony Science Academy - San Antonio campus is ranked:
2nd in Greater San Antonio (out of 104 middle schools)
34th in Texas (out of 1,676 middle schools)

San Antonio News Express

Our first UIL District competitions meets were a great success. We are so proud of the elementary and middle school students who competed in UIL District meets in Medina, Texas for elementary and Hunt, Texas for middle school students.

Harmony students did a great job in the first year of competition. We had numerous students place in various events and gain valuable experience that will help them in future UIL competitions. The students learned a lot about the competition and had a great time in the process.
UIL provides a wonderful opportunity for students to learn skills that not only benefit academic success but help students prepare for college and future academic success. In addition, this competitive forum assists them in gaining skills of fair play and sportsmanship. We are already looking forward to next year and improving on Harmony Science Academy’s success this year. Great job Harmony students!!! Go Tigers!

The Harmony Science Academy – San Antonio 4th Annual Science Fair was a great success! The contestants were well prepared, the projects were interesting, and the boards were beautiful. Many thanks are due to the parents, teachers, and PTO members who helped with all the preparations, set-up and take-down. Special appreciation is extended to the Judges who volunteered their time to evaluate each project and interview each student. Every contestant who made it into the science fair showed great ability and those who won produced phenomenal work. Congratulations to one and all. more pictures...

Our Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Monday Oct. 19th was wonderful. We had over 100 people at the event. Thanks to all the teachers, parents, and students who helped make it a success.
The food was delicious and the entertainment was amazing. We had several performers; Mariana Alvarez-singer, Abigail Silva-singer (Harmony Fine Arts Teacher), Ballet Folklorico- Del Cielo-dancers and Mariachi Uno featuring our very own 2nd grader Thalia Benevidez.

Please, check back here for more pictures.

Varicella Vaccine: Beginning August 1,2009, all students entering kindergarten, and 7th grade will be required to have 2 doses of varicella vaccine. A written statement from a parent (or legal guardian or managing conservator), school nurse, or physician attesting to a child’s positive history of varicella disease (chickenpox), or of varicella immunity, is acceptable in lieu of either dose of varicella vaccine.

Meningococcal Vaccine: Beginning August 1,2009, all students entering 7th grade will be required to have one dose of meningococcal vaccine. All 7th grade students will also be required to have one dose of Tdap vaccine if it has been more than 5 years since their last dose of tetanus-containing vaccine. Td is acceptable in lieu of Tdap if a contraindication to pertussis exists.

What is Renaissance Home Connect™?

Renaissance Home Connect improves the school-to-home connection by allowing parents and students to log in to a website and view their student’s reading and math practice and progress towards goals. Access to online results promotes discussion between parent and student, which motivates students and can make reading and math practice even more effective.

In addition, parents can specify up to six email addresses to receive automatic updates on their student’s math and reading progress. Renaissance Home Connect is accessible to all Accelerated Reader Enterprise customers.

Two steps are required to get Renaissance Home Connect up and running… click here for more

Destination ImagiNation or DI is a fun and engaging program helps students access their creativity and confidence. It helps students learn and refine skills such as teamwork and problem solving. DI is available across the US and in more than 30 countries. Students from kindergarten to university-level participate in teams of 2 to 7 people. Our school will be participating in the Secondary Level (9th to 12th grade) with the maximum of seven students on the team. The seven chosen team members will compete in one of any of seven Team Challenges. These challenges are hands-on activities which the team will work together on for 8 to 12 weeks devising a unique solution. Note, the solutions come solely from the students; at no time is parental interference allowed.

If you are a high school student and interested in participating in the Destination ImagiNation competition, please contact Mrs. Kirchoff at akirchoff@harmonytx.org or, 210-674-7788 ext:277